Friday, May 20, 2022

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Finland, Sweden move closer to seeking NATO membership

The Finnish Parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. A formal membership application will then be submitted to NATO headquarters in Brussels, most likely at some point next week.

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Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce the US military presence in the southern island group.

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Unexploded WWII bombs remain daily threat in Okinawa

Even 50 years after Okinawa Prefecture was returned to Japan, an average of over one unexploded bomb is found in the prefecture a day.

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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum

Ukraine said it held off Russian offensives Sunday in the east, and Western military officials said the campaign Moscow launched there after its forces failed to seize the capital of Kyiv has slowed to a snail's pace.

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Biden urges unity to stem racial hate after Buffalo shooting

President Joe Biden urged unity Sunday to address the "hate that remains a stain on the soul of America" after a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y.

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Iowa sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack laid to rest

Seaman 1st Class David Franklin Tidball, a 20-year-old when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, was laid to rest in a family plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence, Iowa.

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Finland, Sweden move closer to seeking NATO membership

The Finnish Parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. A formal membership application will then be submitted to NATO headquarters in Brussels, most likely at some point next week.

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard: The Navy’s go-to place for anchor chain repairs

Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the Navy’s “center of excellence” for anchor chain repairs and handles that work for ships across the fleet.

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Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighborhood, officials say

The white 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket had researched the local demographics and drove to the area a day in advance to conduct reconnaissance with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible, officials said Sunday.

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Air Force ‘starving’ A-10 fleet of needed upgrades, documents show

The Air Force is again moving to retire some A-10s, and recently revealed documents show more than half of the A-10s in service aren’t deployable overseas because the Air Force is starving the aging fleet of critical maintenance and upgrades.

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McConnell: Finland, Sweden 'important additions' to NATO

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is a longtime NATO supporter, and his trip to the Nordic nations with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas follows their surprise stop Saturday in Ukraine's capital to express solidarity in the fight against the Kremlin.

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